Upon checking my local television listings this afternoon, I noticed that Unhappily has apparently stopped airing in syndication ( at least in my area of the country).
I found this rather odd, because BOTH of the television stations (WB18 in Milwaukee and FOX 32 in Chicago) that aired the series in sydication (one at 12:30 a.m., the other at 1:00 a.m.)show no futute listings for the program.
Needless to say, I was crushed.
Watching this brillianly crafted sitcom every evening(technically early morning) was one of my few pleasures.
When the show originally faced cancellation on the WB, I was devastated!
When the show went into syndication I was overjoyed!
And now this....
At any rate I was curious as to whether or not anyone else's local stations have stoped airing Unhappily or if it's just a problem in my area.
Unhappily, mother of all sitcoms, only watchable show to ever come from the WB, you will be missed.
You will be missed....

[This message has been edited by unhappily_lover (edited 09-15-2001).]

Hi,

I am an intern at WB40 and UPN27 (which used to be Fox40) and needless to say we had "Unhappily Ever After" on 27 at 1:00am and 1:30am, however, the series was pulled from syndication because the company had "future plans for the show."

Thank you

"future plans" probably means they plan to try and sell it to a cable network. I sure hope it comes back.

I feel for you.

I had a problem like yours- but i managed to solve it.

Here are 2 suggestions-

1. Buy episodes from ebay

2. E-mail WB18 and FOX Chicago and tell them you want 'Unhappily' back on the air.

P.S. What do you think of Nikki Cox?

I'll mention her in a later thread.

What Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After#Syndication_and_international_airings) has to say about UEA's life in syndication (https://books.google.com/books?id=ev59DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT107&lpg=PT107&dq=syndication+unhappily+ever+after&source=bl&ots=cD_kHLjBJH&sig=ACfU3U1YbU6TH8DGZ2GgRYpx-O3LjLZ9_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUurLP05TpAhXNU80KHWuzBHUQ6AEwEXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=syndication%20unhappily%20ever%20after&f=false):
The show (http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2007/04/things-that-should-suck-but-dont.html) was sold into syndication for the 1999–2000 and the 2000–01 seasons, but was not re-offered the following fall due to lackluster clearance rates and low ratings. It has been off the air in America ever since.

If I were to guess, I think that UEA (https://www.greensboro.com/local-stations-announce-syndication-lineups/article_e084f3e8-635d-58e8-9579-eb816a0ef0b1.html) for all intents and purposes, flopped in syndication (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.arts.tv/fo1AMQ6H4mc) because 1) It was always perceived as a low-quality knock-off of Married..with Children. A good chunk of UEA's (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-23-va-12232-story.html) run occurred while MWC was still producing first-run episodes. 2) I also suspect that UEA really wasn't that big of a deal to begin with. Being one of the first few shows on the WB (https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/90s-sitcoms-that-deserve-to-get-a-reboot/), it was more of a fringe/cult hit (it was only going to get so mileage out of Nikki Cox (https://www.retrojunk.com/community/post/index/7245), who was the obvious breakout star and main reason why people watched in the first place) instead of something that was truly in the mainstream like say some of the WB shows (https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-05-18-9905180248-story.html) that followed like Buffy, Charmed, Dawson's Creek, 7th Heaven. UEA with the talking bunny gimmick and meta humor was probably too weird a show for some people.